Ton van der Steen

Erasmus MC, Medical Delta & STW

Ton van der Steen (1964) has an MSc degree in Applied Physics from the TU Delft and a PhD in Medical Sciences from the Radboud University, Nijmegen. He is the head of Biomedical Engineering of the Thorax center, Erasmus MC. He is cofounders of the Medical Delta. He is professor in Biomedical Engineering at the Erasmus MC and professor in Applied Physics at the TU Delft. Next to that he is Medical Delta professor and honorary visiting professor with the Chinese Academy of Sciences. His main scientific interest is in creating imaging modalities for the cardiovascular system. His main policy interest is generating technical solutions for sustainable health care.

He is the 2000 NWO PIONIER Technical Sciences and the 2007 Simon Stevin Master. He is a member of both the Netherlands Academy of Technology and Innovation and the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is Fellow of the IEEE and Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology. He is chairman of the board of the Dutch Technology Foundation STW and NWO-Technical Sciences.